bolso
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbol.so/
- Rhymes: -olso
- Hyphenation: ból‧so
Adjective
bolso (feminine bolsa, masculine plural bolsi, feminine plural bolse)
- having difficulty breathing (of a horse)
- (figurative) pompous, inconclusive, unsuccessful, ineffectual, vague, vain
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology
From bolsa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbow.su/ [ˈboʊ̯.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbow.so/ [ˈboʊ̯.so]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈbol.su/ [ˈboɫ.su]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -olsu, (Brazil) -owsu
- Hyphenation: bol‧so
Noun
bolso m (plural bolsos, metaphonic)
- pocket
- Este casaco não tem bolsos.
- This coat doesn't have pockets.
- (figuratively) one's finances or acquisitive power
- Na minha idade, um homem deve se preocupar não com o seu corpo mas com o seu bolso.
- At my age, a man needs to worry not about his body but about his pocket.
Derived terms
See also
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbolso/ [ˈbol.so]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -olso
- Syllabification: bol‧so
Hyponyms
- bolso de viaje (“duffel bag, overnight bag, travel bag”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bolso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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